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The Trotsky
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59 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 4 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
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  1. Boxoffice Magazine
    Reviewed by: Pam Grady
    100
    The director's biggest stroke of genius was casting Baruchel.
  2. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Stephen Cole
    75
    The Trotsky goes down easily and, for what it's worth, is better mannered than most contemporary youth comedies.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Alissa Simon
    60
    Both cartoonish and cerebral, and studded with in-jokes referencing multicultural life in "la belle ville" and classic cinema, the colorful pic stretches its premise a bit thin over nearly two hours.
  4. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    40
    The Trotsky runs 20 minutes too long and several rungs above the head of its target audience. And though Mr. Baruchel can be very funny in small doses -- a slacker sidekick in "Knocked Up," a gung-ho kid in "Tropic Thunder" -- here he swiftly becomes insufferable, a neurotic nudnik in funeral director attire and John Turturro hairdo.
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